THE VACATION - GROTTIMARANDA (2)

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ACT ONE

EXT. POOL VARANDA - MORNING

CHEF AWAKES EARLY, SHOWERS, LEANS FORWARD AND KISSES CATALINA ON THE FOREHEAD, HE WALKS OUT THE DOOR FOR THE SMALL POOL KITCHEN TO PREP FOR SERVING AMERICAN STYLE BREAKFAST. CATALINA LAYS IN BED.

CATALINA
Buongiorno my Love. I'll be there in a few.

CHEF
Buongiorno mi Flor, no hurry. I'll be prepping breakfast. I NEED pig ... BACON! And I NEED caffe/coffee Americano.

THEY LAUGH

INT. POOL KITCHEN - MORNING

CHEF WALKS OUT THE DOOR AND CATALINA GETS UP FOR A SHOWER. CHEF SEES PIERRE ALREADY WORKING ON THE YARD. CHEF ENTERS THE KITCHEN.

CHEF
(talking to himself)
This is going to be a great day! Okay, time to get hot but first ... caffe.

PIERRE WALKS TO THE WINDOW WITH A CUP OF COFFEE FOR CHEF. THEY CHAT FOR A BIT THEN CHEF GOES BACK TO BREAKFAST PREP.

CATALINA WALKS INTO THE SMALL KITCHEN AND WITH A LIGHT TAP SLAPS CHEF'S BUTTOCK.

CATALINA
There's my tan Greek God. CHEF Don't be playing with the meat. Buy it first.

THEY LAUGH

CATALINA
Need any help Chef? If not, I'm going to go sit with Martina.

CHEF
No Babe go sit. I GOT THIS. I'll bring them out when ready. Get out of my kitchen.
(laughs)

EVERYONE IS STARTING TO SHOW UP. ALL ARE SITTING AT THE TABLES. CHEF HAS 10 PLATES LINED UP.

CHEF
(talking to himself)
10 plates-check. here we go, light buttered toast-check, three strips bacon-check, 1 perfect poached eggcheck and the Coupe de Grace .... small amount of Pico de Gallo.

STEPS BACK AND LOOKS AT HIS CREATION.

CHEF
(doing a happy nude dance)
Perfetto! Damn, I'm good!
(smiles)

CHEF BRINGS OUT THE PLATES OF FOOD, LADIES FIRST. LAST PLATE PUT ON TABLE, CHEF SITS BETWEEN PIERRE AND MARTINA.

CHEF
Cin, cin.

ALL
Cin .... cin.

EVERYONE FINISHES EATING, SITTING BACK DRINKING COFFEE, TALKING OF UPCOMING DAYS.

PIERRE
So, we have guests here from the United States, Italy, England, Germany and we are from France. I think we have the World covered.

ALL LAUGH

PIERRE
Chef, I will stay here today, and Martina will be going with you all to the nude beach then into town. I will clean up breakfast then I will wait on our incoming guests. Our Guests are coming by sailboat from Greece. Chef you met them last trip, the Captain and his girlfriend. And the other couple are from Spain. So, yes, we will have all of Europe covered.

EVERYONE CLAPS

CHEF
Yes,
(laughs)
I remember the Captain didn't want to give me his hat but he damn sure took one of my free t-shirts.

EVERYONE LAUGHS

CHEF
Okay everyone. Let's meet here in 30 minutes and head to the nude beach. Martina you want to ride with us. All set, see yall in 30 minutes.

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